Tag: november election
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Mobolade, city leaders say election date lawsuit is attack on local voters
Mayor Yemi Mobolade and other city leaders will fight to keep Colorado Springs elections in April in the face of a new lawsuit. Mobolade, the mayor’s Chief of Staff Wayne Williams and City Councilmember Roland Rainey addressed the lawsuit in a news conference Thursday morning. The lawsuit filed on Wednesday argued that holding municipal elections…
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Lawsuit challenges Colorado Springs’ off-year elections
A lawsuit is challenging when Colorado Springs holds elections for mayor and City Council seats. The lawsuit was filed in Denver County District Court by the voting-rights and social-justice groups the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region, Citizens Project, Common Cause Colorado and a Colorado Springs resident. The lawsuit argues that the…
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2025 Election preview: A look at open school board seats in El Paso and Teller County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save November will see a number of local board of education seats up for this year’s coordinated election in the Pikes Peak region. School board elections in Colorado are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November on odd-numbered years. Board members are…
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Colorado Senate District 12 race: VanderWerf vs. Snyder | Voter Guide
Two well-known local politicians, Republican El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf and Democratic state Rep. Marc Snyder, are competing for the open state senate seat in District 12. The district, currently represented by outgoing Republican Sen. Bob Gardner, is considered competitive, leaning 2% Republican, and encompasses areas west of town along with Manitou Springs and…